Wire-tightener



(No Model.)

0'. B. BUTLER.

WIRE TIGHTENER.

No. 396,682. Patented Jan. 22, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

CONSTANT B. BUTLER, OF ALLIANCE, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO PLEASANT \V. HARRISON, OF PARIS, TEXAS.

WIRE-TIGHTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,682, dated January 22, 1889.

Application filed April 7, 1888 Serial No. 270,003. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONSTANT B. BUTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Hunt and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVire-Tighteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in wire-tighteners; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

Like letters indicate like parts in the sev eral views.

The letter A indicates a rectangular piece of metal, from the edge of which at one end projects an arm, B, that terminates in a claw, C, said claw being used for drawing ordinary fence-staples. On the opposite edge of said rectangle, at some distance from the end, pro- 0 jects another and longer arm, D. In the rectangle R are notches a and b, in either of which the wire E to be tightened is placed, when the arms B and D are grasped and the wire is tightened by being bent or crimped, 3 5 as shown. Should the wire be very slack, these bends or crimps are multiplied until it reaches the proper tension.

A wire-tightener thus constructed. is cheap and simple, is very strong and durable, is easily operated, and will be found of great practical utility.

Having thus described my invention ,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentfi The wire-tightener described, consisting of the metallic rectangle A, provided with the arm B,terminating in the claw O, the arm D, and the notches a b, substantially as shown and described. 7

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CONSTANT B. BUTLER.

\V itnesses:

S.'W. PORTER, J. H. STONE. 

